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BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER~9TT95r
NUMBER 2.
PRESS WOMAN'S DEATH
IS OCCASION OF SADNESS
TO COUNTLESS FRIENDS
For more than a quarter of a
century a member of the Herald
force had the honor and the pleas
ure of being affiliated in an offi
cial capacity in a live newspaper or
ganization in the state with Miss
Martha Smith Penn, who with her
devoted brother, Mr. Tom Penn,
lieve we have ever known such de-
In continuation of the Herald’s
rather condensed story of the es
tablishment by legislative act of
the County of Taylor in 1852—just
100 years ago—it gives us much
pleasure to devote this space this
week first to the settling of our
neighbor city, Reynolds, one of the
most thriving in Georgia especially
attractive for its many beautifully
constructed homes; these occupied
by a citizenry, of whom the state
itself feels justly proud. This story
was prepared by the late Mr. Wal
ton Hodges, native of Reynolds and
presented by him to hte Woman’s
Imrovement Club of that City.
"Time marches on, but a date ter. Their tenderness was all but
must be fixed in the history of any Divine. The loyal friendship exist-
town when the march began; and ing between the talented Monti -
in the United States nearly every cello lady and ye scribe to the
march began with Indian occu- very week of her death was ex-
pancy. Indians were gradually hibited in the exchange of letters,
driven west; and the year 1805, all j Upon rece ipt of last week’s issue
the territory east of the Ocmulgee of the Monticello News with which
river had been ceded to the whites. we exchange newspapers we were
An Indian Agency was established g rea tly shocked and grieved ' to
on hte Flint river in what is now ' learn of the death o£ our v dear
the counties of Crawford and friend. This sad event the News
Taylor; and Col. Benjamin Hawkins' s t a tes, occurred Saturday Sept 27
a distinguished and cultured North ; at an Atlanta hospital to which the
Carolinian, was put in charge of all I victim was rushed the previous day
Indian affairs from the Ocmulgee ! for an emergency operation Her
river to the West. Col. Hawkins died health being badly impaired for
in 1816 and was buried on a bluff i the past year she was unable to
overlooking the river on the Craw- ] withstand the ordeal of surgical
lord county side of the Agency. In operation
1821, all the territory between the | Miss penn wag a descendnt of
Reynolds Women
On Progrom Today
At Columbus Club
Mrs. C. E. Whatley Is President
Of 3rd District Organization;
Interesting Theme Chosen.
edited and published the Monti-l h “ ♦
cello News as successors to their i been arrangad tor the meetin S tQ -
day of the Executive Board of the
parents the late Mr. T. R. and Mrs. | Th j rH Pnn ‘ . ,_.. . . , A
Ammie Parks M. Penn. Don’t be- T^ ,rd
'gia Federation of Women s Clubs.
yotion between 'me^e'7ofa*S3l£ 18
Talmadge Dedicates
Another Building
At Americus College
Collum Hall, $150,00 New Men’s
Dormitory at the Georgia
Southwesten College.
From Americus comes most in
teresting report of the dedication
Sunday of the Collum Hall, a new
$150,000 men’s dormitory recently
completed at the Georgia Southwes
COUNTY FORESTRY
UNIT PAYS TRIBUTE
TO THE HERALD
The Taylor County Forestry Unit
this week joins the citizens of Tay-
ior County in paying tribute to
the Butler Heraid and its fellow
newspapers across the nation as
America observes National News
paper week.
The vast reduction in loss from
forest fires in recent months in our
county the Unit’s statement de
clared, “can be attributed only in
part to the work of the Taylor
District
The theme for the day is: "Do
Justly, Love Mercy and Walk Hum
bly with Thy God.”
Mrs. R. P. Thornton, president of
the Columbus Junior Woman’s
Club, and Mrs. C. E. Whatley, presi
dent of the Third District, will
preside during the morning session
which opens at 10 a. m. Organ mu
sic by Miss Frances Arnold. The
program is as follows:
Call to Order—Mrs. C. E. What
ley, Reynolds; Introductions—Mrs. j the *years.
Thornton; Invocation—Dr. Jno. L.'
Waldorp, pastor, First Baptist
Church; Collect—Mrs. W. C. Hop
kins, Columbus, president, Women’s
Reading Club: Pledge to Flag—
Mrs. Henry Hunter, President Co
lumbus Students Club; Welcome—
Mrs. T. A. Erwin Jr., Columbus;
tern College, Americus, of which!County Forestry Unit. Acreage
ail Georgians — most particularly I losses from forest fires are reduced
citizens of the Third Congressional j materially by more efficient opera-
district—are truly proud. ition on fire line, but the vitally im-
Gov. Herman Talmadge deliver- P ortant factor in holding down
ed the dedicatory address. He was; wildfire losses is Preventing Forest
introuced to the large attendance j ^es.
present by Sumter County Repre-' Jt is in the field of prevention
sentative Hon. Jack Murr. j that the work of the newspapers
The governor stated: das played ® Uch an important part.
«r , .. ,, Thru the columns of such newspa-
In both the university system of, pers as the Butler Herald, the
inner driveways, several parking • public has come to
Dr. Batts of Mercer
Guest Preacher
At Reynolds Revival
Revival at the Reynolds Baptist
Church to Begin Sunday,,
October 26.
Dr. Lewis Batts, professor of re
ligious education at Mercer Uni
versity, will be guest preacher at
the revival of the Reynolds Baptist
Church, October 26-31.
Dr. Batts is a native of Early
County Georgia, and is married to.
the former Miss Ferris Sherwood
of Macon. They have a dughter
and a son.
Educated at Mercer University;
Harvard Graduate School, and
Hartford School of Religious Edur
cation, Dr. Batt s holds the Doctor
of Philosophy degree from the lat
ter school.
Ocmulgee and the Flint was ceded the Amos p enn> and Slade fami . j Response-Mrs. W. S. Young Wav
to Georgia; and in 1S26, a treaty
was made whereby all the land be-
1 tween the Flint and Chattahoochee
rivers was added to the State. With
this further removal of Indians, set
tlers began to trickle across Flint
river and the unbroken forest ly
ing in this large territory was soon
spotted with little settlements.
Along the western side of the river
or our side, large acreages were ac
quired by wealthy planters from
more thickly settled sections.
These settlers chiefly followed the
course of the river, north and
south; and among them were the
Crowells, Peter and Henry Corbin,
the Howards, the Marshalls, the
Carsons and the Hicks. The Crowells 1
lies of Maryland, the Brockman, I erl Y Hall: Presentation of Pages
Clark, Doye] and Hardman fami- Mrs - Thornton; vocal solo—Mrs.
lies of Virginia, and the Parks, I Richard Berger, Columbus; Presen-
Smiths, Millers and McNairs of i f ation of State and District Officers
North Carolina and South Carolina. I —Mrs. C. E. Whatley, Reynolds;
Introduction of Speaker—Mrs. A.L.
Hutto, District Chairman Civil De-
She was active in religious, social
and cultural life of Monticello.
Uniting with the Monticello Pres
byterian church in early girlhood,
she taught a Sunday School class
for several years. She ''was a
member of Monticello’s first gar
den club and also active in patri- ness . session—-Mrs. C. E. Whatley
otib societies heinar a charter mom. presiding; credentials—Mrs. Lam
bert Jones, Cclumbus; hospitality,
Mrs. Edward Swift—Good Will
fense, Fort Valley; Talk on “Civil
Defense”—Thos. A. Erwin Jr., Co
lumbus; assembly singing—led by
| Mrs. Daniel Hundley, president of
Ft. Benning Woman’s Club; busi-
otib societies, being a charter mem
ber of Sgt. Jasper Chapter, D. A. R.
and the Monticello Chapter of the
U. D. C. Before the founding of
Sgt. Jasper Chapter she held mem-
the Corbins and the Howards iborsf ! ip i . n Jose P h Habersham
names have disappeared from thej" ap er in Atlanta.
Community Ceriter, Columbus; re
port of officers, report of chairmen,
adjourn for lunch.
The luncheon begins at 12:30 p.
m. Mrs. J. Q. Davidson, president of
i In addition to religious educa-
areas and some new drainage works j wildfire‘fw?e ^forests' benefit not ti0nal W ° rk in NeW Y ° rk an(J
completed on the campus during | only the men who own them, but
tne years. |the en tj re community as well.
In discussing the progress of | With citizens coming to realize
the university system, the governor | more and more that an enlightened
said: "Ultimately a total
000,000 will be spent on new con
struction in the university system
building program.”
“This is in addition to another ibis National Newspaper Week of
Michigan, he has taught at BreWf-
ton-Parker Junior College and
Hephzibah in Georgia, has been!
State Secretary of the Georgia Bap*
tist Young Peoples’ Union (now
of $30,- America owes much of its progress known “a? the Baptist Training
to the wrok of tne thousands of its Union), and since 1945 has been .
newspapers, the public is urged to Columbu Roberts Professor of Re
come to a full realization during H CTinilc A/r™„4>..
$5,000,000 being utilized to bring
our existing structures up to rec
ommended standrds,” Gov. Tal
madge declared.
- Present at the ceremonies which
included a luncheon, reception and
the part played in outstanding pub
lic service by its local newspaper.
The past month was considered a
very dry month here in the county
only 1.78 inches of rain was record
ed at the local Forestry Unit head-
band concert, were two daughters i Q uar lers. But we were lucky to
of John Collum, for whom the j have on, Y two forest fires, burning
building was named. They are Mrs)"* 4 ™ acres forest land in the
Annie Collum Rawles, 65-year-old! f ounty - This brings the total num-
housemother at Bonnie Oaks Or
phanage in Tennessee, who came
from Chattahooga for the dedica
tion, and Mrs. Mildred C. Busbee,
Putnam, Ga.
The women said they were
amazed at differences on the cam
pus since they lived at the college
during their father’s term as pres
ident from 1908 to 1921.
Prior to the dedication program,
the Jordan High School Band, Co-
Carsons, and * Hicks” are* stiil rep-j besides editing her own newspaper I ^LueTwHl “prSde^atThtT ''concert’ ^ h ° Ur ' l0ng
u.. Iwilh ihp assistance nf hrethe, | wnauey Will preside at this. Dr. concert.
L. A. Moll, president of the col
ers* of 1 ‘large & numbersT^of slaves"Vs !the Adanta Constitution'"when ja^oca^o^ C ° lumbUS ’ WiU
attested by the fact that so H ° Wel1 W3S edit ° r ° f | Mrs. Chester Wilson of Ft. Val-
Negroes of this community bear. tnat newspaper. I ley past president of the Third r»is
the names of the owners of their; Surviving near relatives are list- tric’t, P will introduce the speaker
ancestors - £ d as f°! ows: ,° ne , 1 brother ’ Mrs. Chester E. Martin, state presi-
“Now with the movement of the t ^ ann ’ editor and publisher ot The den t of the Georgia FWC of Atlan-
Indians to the westward, a flourish-1 Monticello News; four nieces, Mrs. t a .
ing trading post had been estab-1 ^ enr Y Keinen, New York City;
lished at the head of navigation on i Mf s - Mary Malone, Chatham, N. Y;
the Chattahoochee rivei^ It was!, 1SS Ammie Ree Penn, St. Simons
called Fort Mitchell, and its sup i|*J an d; and Mrs. Briscoe Black,
plies and merchandise were re-!'’ arm Springs; two nephews Rich-
ceived by means of boats w’hich! ard Penn ’ Decatur and F. L.
plied the Chatetahoochee regular-1 Penn > J r > Martinsville, Va.
Iy from the Gulf. Ft. Mitchell lat-1 * ;
er changed its name to Columbus. | JyyQ 3||f|gr B()yS
ber of forest fires to nine since the
first of July.
We would like for everyone to be
careful with their trash burning
and cleaning up, so that we will
not have a single forest fire in the
county during this month.
Austin Guinn, Forest Ranger.
ligious Education at Mercer.
At present,' Dr. Batts is the in
terim pastor of the West Point
Baptist church, and also does much
other supply preaching throughout
Georgia.
State's Surplus Reduced
By Many MHIions of Dollars
In First Quarter of Year
“Between the Chatetahoochee and
the Flint, as stated above, was an
almost unbroken wilderness of
pines, slowly being developed by
settlers from other sections. A lit
tle prior to 1850, a railroad from
Macon with the southern terminus
at Oglethorpe was built. With a de
sire to still further develop the
territory west of the Flint, this
same railroad company, in 1850,
surveyed a branch of this road
leading westward from Ft. Valley
(formerly Fox Valley 1, with a pro
posed terminus at Columbus. About
the same time. Columbus had con-
Happy to be Students
At Americus College
Americus, Oct. 2—Freshmen from
Butler who are enrolled at Georgia
Southwestern College are Benny
Adams and Earl Dunn. There is an
increase in enrollment this year.
Regular students number 157 and
Easter Seal Agency
Will Meet in Annual
Session October 20
The annual meeting of the Geor
gia Society for crippled children,
the Easter Seal agency, is planed
for Savannah at the DeSoto hotel,
Monday, Oct. 20, according to an
announcement by Dr.Herman Turn
er, Atlanta minister who is presi
dent of the society. Local seal
chairman L. P. Anthony of this
county, said that several hundred
invitations are being mailed this
week to welfare and civic leaders
and educators interested in dis-
lege presided at the exercises.
Butler Young Man
Honored for Meritorious
Service in the Orient
Montezuma, \yas killed at Chan-
This Army news item clipped i unarn "Myon, Korea, June 15. For
from last Thursday’s issue of thel several weeks prior to his death he
Atlanta, Oct. 3—The State’s sur
plus has been reduced nearly nine
and a half million dollars in the
first quarter of the Current fiscal
year.
State Auditor B. E. Thrasher Jr.
has released figures showing that
allocations since July 1 have re
duced the surplus from $30,214,585
to $20,779,368.
The state’s net income for the
three months, has been $50,404,227,
an increase of $2,117,382 over the
corresponding period last year.
That income provided a surplus
of $5,767,227 over regular appro- 1
MXJrod" : d, r, ^. p1 ' da ” ies ; priations but the governor has
S.Jf' Y ° J" ac, ‘°" made allocations of $15,215,444
l Korea was (rom , lus (unds . *
Thursdav d m cemetery xhe a ,, oca , ions lncluded Bvo
CpI. McCurkie, the only son of ion h f “ “l 1 , 00 ' building.,
Mr ana A/tro Voirirs. „ . and a half million for school bus
ilr. and Mrs. Felder McCorkle, o, driver salarv inerea^pc sjomnnoe
Montezuma wa« kiiieH at rhap- arlver salary increases, $2,100,000
Funeral Thursday
For CpI. McCorkle
Killed in Korea
this territory and a survey for a
railroadwas started eastward. Con
tracts were let, grading at each
„ . , . . . . , at Georgia Southwestern this year,
ceived the _ idea ^of reaching^ into They are Tony Tanaka of Tokyo,
. . a „ r__ _ Japan (now reS j d j ng in Columbus,
Ga.) Abdur Ameer who arrived
from Baghdad, Iraq yesterday and
end, and the two roads met at Lionel Dausay Gonzalez of Pinar
what is now Butler. These, for a de i R io , Cuba who is
number of years, were operated I cbange student,
under different controls, but were|
finally merged and became a part | ■ j
of what was then the Southwestern end. In cooperation with Mr. H. H.'
system, now the Central. | Long, the father of Mrs. W. J.
approximately 50 people are en-
SIS! srasys*
youngsters.
Rotary ex-
State UDC Organization
To Present Perkerson
With Citation for Book
Columbus Enquirer will be read
with much enjoyment by relatives
and friends of Lt. James Braddy,
son of Mrs. Nannie May Cox
Brooks.
“First Lt. James A. Braddy, of
Butler, has been awarded the Army
Commendation Ribbon for meri
torious achievement in Korea.
The decoration was presented in
recognition of his service on May
23.
Lt. Braddy, who also wears the
Combat Infantryman Badge, is liai
son officer in headquarters of the
15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Div.
A veteran of the European theater
during World War II he arrived in«
Korea lastJanuary.”
had been doing reconnaissance
work.
Funeral was conducted at Mon
tezuma Methodist church with Rev.
McCoy Johnson, Rev. J. O. J. Tay
lor and Rev. Charles Jackson of
ficiating.
Born in Ellaville in 1929, Cpl.
McCorkle’ moved to Montezum
with his parents' in 1934.
At Mt. Pisgah Baptist
Church Next Sunday
for the new Savannah bridge and
three million to the Highway De
partment for regular construction.
New Army Reserve Unit
To Include Taylor County
Men in Country's Service
Bits of Information
About the Month of
October Are Revealed
Here are some interesting facts
with reference to events set for and
I observed during the month of Oc-
I tober:
J The birthstone of the month is
! Opal or Tourmaline, the flower,
| cosmos. Special weeks in October
I include National Newspaper Week
‘The region above referred to be-! Griffith, lot of land No. 274, then', iama
tween the two rivers, was originally 1 an unbroken forest, was sym- ‘ ei - book ’ White
for
in
M.
Atlanta—A citation of merit
Columns
in one enormous county called i metrically laid off into blocks 3181 ^^1^.,.^... b L e p , resai ?J^ to
Muscogee. Later Marion county feet square with
was cut off from Muscogee, ex
tending, from its present western I at right angels, each 124 feet wide,
line to the Flint river. In 1852,; One of these blocks was deeded to
there was a further subdivision of the railroad, and another was set
this territory, and Taylor county j apart as a site for the hoped-for
was created out of Marion Talbot court house. In honor of hte then f
and Crawford counties. With' the isuperintendent of the railroad, the} 01 tne organization meet for their
creation of the new county, a seat} prospective town was called Rey-i ar Vl ua T> co J lventl ° I ? < - )cd - 22-23.
of government had to be estab- i nolds. Life, however, is filled with . rs ' £ er kerson is the wife of
lished within its confines. It so} disappointments, unrealized dreams , n f us P er kerson, editor of the At-
tyiteet square with streets running FieId Perkerson by the UDC oct. 23. {of John’s Gospel. Our text will be
x-} north and south, and east and west The award - according to Mrs. Rob- the 36th verse. We earnestly urge
art Walker of Griffin, president of "" **' i "
the Georgia Division, UDC, will be
made at a luncheon at the King
and Prince hotel, St. Simons Island
when the various Georgia chapters
jOct. 1-8; Fire Prevention Week, 5-
Sunday School 10:30 a. m. Sun- n; National Employ Physically
day. Carroll Peacock, Supt. Good Handicapped Week, 5-11; Nation-
classes for all ages. Come to our | a i Glove Week, 5-11;
Bible study Sunday. jWeek, 11-17; National Letter Writ- j eonta<’t H V1C1I1C „.,
Preaching at 11:30 a m by the; in g Week, 12-18; National Pharm- Buena Vista Service Station
pastor. Please read the 1st chapter |acy Week, 19-25; United Nationc 1 as possible”
Week 19-25; Girl Scout Week, 26-1.
Columbus, Oct. 5—Plans to forrr»
a new company of the 3rd Btn.,
519th Inf. Rgt., in Buena Vista
were announced by Maj. G. W.
Fry commander, at the bi-monthly
meeting recently.
All former officers, enlisted menr
and quelified young men in Buena
Vista or its vicinity including Ella-
ville, Geneva, Butler, and Talbot-
ton are urged to join this new
unit, Maj. Fry said.
“As part of the 3rd Btn. it wilT
be an infantry organization and'
will have regular meetings twice-
each month,” the major explained*
“Former enlisted men who joir*
wil be given the highest rank held'
while on active duty in the Army.
“Opportunities for promotion will
be frequent. All persons interested
National Hat j j n joining this new unit should
M. Clements Jr. at the-
as sooru
happened that Gov. Geo. W. Towns a ^d thwarted ambitions. Because |
had large interests extending from °f its more advantageous geo»,
Flint river westward, thru which | graphical situation, a site eight
the new railroad passed. It wasjniiles west of Reynolds was chosen
his ambition to have the county'for the seat of government, and
lanta Journal and Constitution
seat located on his property and he
therefore set about achieving this
the town of Butler was born.”
(To Be Continued)
Magazine. During a visit to Thom-
asville last week she learned that
the title of her book, “White Col
umns in Georgia,” has been select
ed as the theme fo r the 1953 edi
tion of that city’s annual Rose
Show and Festival.
all our members to hear this
message and extend a most cordial
invitation to all our friends in the
community to enjoy the blessings
of the service. We especially urge
an unsaved person to hear this
message.
Preaching, prayer and praise at
7 p. m. Notice in change of hour
for our evening worship. We are
trying to make this hour to be of
great spiritual value to all who at
tend. Come praying for the pastor
and for all the services. The
church welcomes you and needs
yourhelp.
J. H. Stanford, Pastor.
Among Special Days in October: 3,' va xn nisrarmr-r
Rural School Charter Day; 4, Na 1 A TO DIIsOHARG E
tional Newspapeprboy Day; 12,
World wide Communion; 12, Co
lumbus Day and National Grand
parents Day; 31, Hallowe’en Day.
Some historical daj^s are Oct. 1,
1896, Rural Free Delivery began;
Oct. 12, 1492, Columbus discovered
America, Oct. 16, 1786 U. S. Mint
established; Oct. ’26, 1825; Erie
Canal opened Oct. 27, 1829; first
baby carriage patented, which to
us seem mighty late to be getting
around to something as important
as a baby buggy, says Bro. An
glin of Stewart-Webster Journal at
Lumpkin.
2,250 EMPLOYES IN
92 OF ITS HOSPITALS
Washington, Oct. 1—The Vet
erans Administration has announc
ed that 2,250 employes in its hos
pitals will be discharged, effective-
Nov. 4.
The VA said the reductions, in 92:
hospitals and two comiciliary fa
cilities, are "a step designed to
help bring the agency within:
funds appraised” by Congress for
operation of its Department of
Medicine and Surgery in the year
which started July 1.